Elevator for corn or grain dumps.



PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.- I

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APPLIO-ATION IILBD JULY 14, 1902. H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MABUS AND FRANK L. HAY, OF LILLY, ILLINOIS.

ELEVATOR FOR CORN OR GRAIN DUMPS.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,997, dated March17, 1903. Application filed July 14. 1902. 8erial No. 115,447. (Nomodel.) I" I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN MABUS and FRANK. L. HAY, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Lilly, in the county of Tazewell andState of Illinois,have invented a new and Improved Elevator and Conveyorfor Corn of Grain Dumps, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an elevator and conveyer forcorn and grain dumps which will be simple, durable, and economic and toprovide a multiple of shafts connected with the driving mechanism of theelevator and conveyer, enabling power to be conveniently applied nomatter what position the machinery may occupy.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the conveyer andelevator that they may be adj ustably connected and so that the conveyerand the elevator belts will have guided movement and will be providedwith means for safely receiving, holding, and con ducting quantities ofmaterial.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a vertical transverse section taken through the conveyer.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the connected conveyer and elevator, partsbeing broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a link of thechain belt of the conveyer and elevator; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionalview of a modified form of the elevator and its chainor belt, showingthe same on a level or flush with the elevatorfloor.

With'reference to the construction of the conveyer 0' tracks 51 aresecured upon the shown in Figs. 1 and 4. These metal strips 54 areconnected at their bottom portions by metal cross-bars 5 6, which extendacross the bottom of the sides of the said conveyer and serve to supportlongitudinal straps 57, also preferably of metal. These cross-bars 56and straps 57 constitute the. bottom portion of the conveyer, which ispractically open at such point. A horizontal partition 58 is locatedabout midway in the said conveyer, extending from end to end thereof, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and said'conveyer is of sufficient lengthwhen placed upon the tracks 51 to extend beyond both sides of the mainportion of the machine. The conveyer is open at both of its ends.

A central track 60, preferably of metal, is secured upon the upper faceof the partition 58, as is also shown in Figs. 1 and 4. This track 60 isprovided at its side edges with Narrower tracks 62, also of metal, arelocated upon the partition 58 at each side of the central track, and theconveyer is braced by rods 59, which extend transversely through thesame, as is shown in Fig. 1. g

The conveyer chain or beltl) travels at both sides of the partition 58,and the links cl of the chain travel over the central track 60. Theselinks are provided at their sides with horizontal lugs 63, and theselugs enter the spaces between the overhanging portions of the flanges 61and the bottom portion of the central track 60, as is shown in Figs. 1and 4. Under this arrangement the links of the conveyer-belt are held inproper position in the conveyer.

Sundry of the links d, as is particularly shown in Fig. 3, are providedwith vertical lugs 64 at each side, the lugs having apertures 65therein. One face of the lugs 64 is made smooth in orderthat plates 66may be bolted.or otherwise. secured to said lugs, which plates areprovided with recesses 67 in their under edges, as is shown in Fig. l,to clear the flanges 61 on the central track 60, as the plates 66 extendover the side tracks 62 and practically from one side of the conveyer tothe other, as is also best shown in Fig. 1. These plates 66 are adaptedto engage with material and carry the same forward or upward, asoccasion may demand, and the working faces of these plates 66 may bestraight or curved, as desired. The belt D is passed over a suitablepulley located at what may be termed the right-hand end of the conveyor,and this pulley is mounted on a suitable shaft 69, which extends beyondboth sides of the conveyor.

' Fig. 2, plates 90, having pins 90, may be socured to the sides of theconveyer (3, and

plates 91 are seen red to the side portions of the elevator, whichplates 91 have bifurcated lower ends 91 to receive the said pins 90.

In Fig. 2 we have illustrated the elevator O as provided with a cover92, attached to the outer side bars 54, and a lower section 93 of thesaid cover extends over the upper portion of the conveyer C, where theconveyor connects with the elevator. If desired, the

, elevator and conveyer may be held rigidly at any desired angle one tothe other by employing angular or triangular ,plates 94, adjustablyattached to both the conveyor and the elevator by means of bolts 95,passed through suitable slots in the plates, as is shown in Fig. 2. Theendless chain belt D, after passing through the conveyer C, is carriedup through the elevator C over the shaft 83 at the upper portion of saidelevator, and where the chain belt passes from the conveyer to theelevator a suitable guard is preferably attached to the conveyer justbelow the rear end of the partition 58, extending into the elevator justbelow the corresponding partition 58 therein.

In Fig. 4 we show a modified form of the elevator and belt, in which theside tracks 62 are brought up flush with the top of the central track60, whereby the said belt is made to travel flush with the said sidetracks, as will be readily understood from said figure. This makes amuch neater and a more compact and economical device. It is economical,because less grain will be lost in Working back to the bottom of theelevator to be again raised. We wish to make it clearly understood thatwe attach a great deal of irriportance to the chain device held in someguiding arrangement for the purposes already set out hereinbefore, andour claims will be drawn accordingly. Although Fig. 4 shows the elevatorhaving the flush belt, we also use it in the conveyer in a continuousmanner from one to the other.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paton t I 1.Inagriculturalrnachines,aconveyerprovided with a partition, 3. tracksecured upon said partition, having upwardly and inwardly directedangular flanges, and a conveyer-belt the upper stretch of which isadapted to travel over the said track, the said belt having horizontallugs which extend within the flanged portions of the track, asdescribed.

2. In agricultural machines, a conveyer comprising a body and ahorizontal partition intermediate ot' the upper and lower portions ofthe body, a track secured to said partition, which track is providedwith side flanges at an angle to its body, and inwardly-directed membersat an angle to the flanges, a chain belt adapted to travel over the bodyportion of the track, horizontal projections from the sides of the linksof the said belt, which projections enter the spaces between the body ofthe track and the inwardly-directed members of its side flanges, lugsextending from the outer horizontal faces of the links at an anglethereto, and conveyor-plates secured to the said lugs, for the purposedescribed.

3. In agricultural machines, a conveyer comprising a body and ahorizontal partition intermediate of the upper and lower portions of thebody, a track secured to the said partition, which track is providedwith side flanges at an angle to its body and inwardlydirected membersat an angle to the flanges, a chain belt adapted to travel over the bodyportion of the track, horizontal projections from the sides of the linksof the said belt, which projections enter the spaces between the body ofthe track and the inwardly-directed members of its side flanges, lugsextending from the outer horizontal faces of the links at an anglethereto, which lugs extend over the inwardly-directed members of theflanges and down at the outer sides of the flanges, and conveyer-platesdetachably at tached to the said lugs, for the purpose described.

4. In agricultural machines, a chain conveyer-belt the links of whichare provided with outwardly-extending horizontal lugs at their sideportions, vertical lugs extending from the outer horizontal faces ofsundry of the links, and conveyor-plates secured to the vertical lugs,extending beyond the outer edges of the said vertical lugs, for thepurpose described.

5. In agricultural machines, a chain conveyer-belt the links whereof areprovided with outwardly-extending horizontal lugs at their side portionsand vertical lugs extending at right anglesfrom the outer horizontalfaces of the links and beyond their side surfaces", and conveyer-platescarried by the vertical lugs transversely of the links,whichconveyor-plates project beyond the outer side surfaces of the verticallugs, the said conveyer-plates being provided with recesses in theirunder edges at their central portions,

which recesses are of a length the equivalent of the distance betweenthe outer side edges of the lugs carrying them, substantially asdescribed.

6. In agricultural machines, aconveyer and an elevator connectedtherewith, each provided with a partition, a track'secured. upon eachpartition having upwardly and inwardly directed flanges, and an endlesschain belt extending through both the conveyer and the elevator, whichbelt is provided with horizontal lugs extending within the flangedportion of the track as described.

7. In agricultural machines, a conveyor, an elevator connectedtherewith, an endless conveyer-belt extending through both the conveyerand the elevator, guides for the belt located in the path of theconveyer and the elevator, and transverse plates secured at intervals tothe endless belt, adapted to extend up above the upper stretch of thesaid belt and over the guides for the belt, as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OHN MABUS.

' FRANK L. HAY. Witnesses:

BALTZAR EvERsoLE, B. F. LAMB.

